Rankings and ratings abound during the offseason. But how much do they tell about whether a quarterback helps or hurts his team?
The always perceptive OCC just took a look at the whole idea of the "elite quarterback" in the NFL. I was very interested in this, because it was serendipitous for some thoughts I had been kicking around just a couple of days before. The quarterback position is generally the most important one on any NFL team. But all the various ways of looking at who is better or worse than others who play the position don't seem to adequately take into consideration what may be the most important thing about the players: Who helps his team, who hurts it, and who is more or less a neutral influence on the outcome of games?